The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-14
LACK OF A QUORUM.
N THE sEcoNp BnASon
Caussn Important Business to wait.-nIom.
bers Dating Tired of Their soats-what
Some Of tho BuS,nesa Waiting for
Attention Is-A Special Meoiing.

Laoe evening was the time for holding
o regular sOmi.monthly meeting OF Coun.
oil, but mono was hold owing to the lack
Of quorum In the Second Branch. Tho
call for tho meeting was Issued In good
timo and.s meeting phould have been hold,
as thore was prepared largo amount Of
important businegs that should have been
acted upon. For tho past pix months It
has been growing more and more difficult
with each meeting Of Council to obtain o
quorum in tho Second Branch. Not once
In that timo has Il been possible to call
the body 10 order before s o'clock and oil
late 1t has been necessary to aend out the
police in order to securs quorum. For.
inerly Council was called to order at 1880
o'clock sharp. and when only routine
buainena was up for consideration II would
DO gotten out OF tho way in q very short
time.
About S:15 o'clock tho roll wac called in
the Second and the following named MON.
bars anawerel 10 their names: MeHsrs.
Allison, Caldwell, Cruise. Gundling, Her.
rell, Hartong, Jones, Ksttlcr, Prayer, War
ner and Gill0!and. Some time before, the
police had been ordered out 10 look for
members It having been surmised that
the chances Tor o quorum were slim, and
several OF those who answered to their
names had been brought in by the Off.
GERS. After waiting Tor some time for the
four more members necessary for n
quorum, those preaent adjourned TIL
next Tuesday evening. Before doing this
one member moved "that them uemhern
what don't attend be sacked and city
election heldto Gil their places" Another
hunten up rule which provides that
members may DO fined 81 for failing to
attend meeting and suggested Its enforce.
ment while another suggested that the
fines be deducted from tho s8larie0.
In tho First there was good attend
ancc, Messrs. Buchanan, Happy, Schrebc
and Ulrich being the only absentecu.
While waiting in the hopes that the Sec
ond would msterializs quorum and
start come business, the First put in the
time liatening to tho reading Of the min.
utes OF the past tive or three meetings,
which were afterwards approved. Then
Mr.. Delb!uggs introduced q resolution
that was adopted, instructing the Solicitor
to draft an ordinance making 1t q lneable
odense Tor persons over 10 years old to
congregste and loaf on tho streets. There
10 such an ordinance in effect now, but
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS who havebean brought
up before Judge JefIers under this sec,
ton, have been allowed to 20 on &C.
count Of their youthluluego. Tho result
has been that they have became embold.
ened and openly defy the police when or
dered to "movs on"
Among the papers lying on the desks
VICE communication from Auditor Duffy
informing Council that he had paid oyel
10 Receiver DunGwsy Sl,564 % railioal
taxes d1e the city and cole cted ns follows
Baltimore 4 Ohio, SS5l 80; Hempfeld
branch, SOS IS; Pewiky, $500 H.; Elm
Grove, SS3 &C.
The regular semi-monthly report Of
Clerk Bowers showsa balance OF 500. 1856 n
left to run the year out with. During the
past seven months the police have killed
IS dogs, for each Of which Chief Smith
has sens in to the Police Board bill OIL
$l-S4p
The Committee on Claims presents o
very interesting report aaking for the pay.
ment Of the following items:
Henry NJ. Russell, gervice in Circuit
Court and Supreme Court in case of ]. 6
Sheppard ct al. vs. City OF Wheeling and
Others, $500; same, expense Of printing
brief Tor Supreme Court, 50; George q
Caldwell. City Solicitor, in case OF City We.
Joseph keim, SIS; Hame, case OF City vs
Thomas Muldoun, case No. 2, S25; zane,
case OF City ys. George Mnldoou, S95 !;
came, case of City vs.. Robert Muldoou,
csse No. 4, $40; same, service in Circuit
and Supreme Courts in case OF ]. B. Shep.
pstd and oshe.s vs.. City of Wheeling and
others, $500; came, expense Of printing
erief for the suprems Court, $40; total,